User:Anthony717/dangerous=organisms-backup
This is a list of organisms that are dangerous to humans. They are dangerous because:
- they have instinctively aggressive behavior
- humans themselves are in their diet.
- they are poisonous to humans.
For convenience, "organisms" includes viruses, in addition to animals, plants and others.
Animals[edit]
Attacking Animals[edit]
Animals that have been known to attack and eat humans[edit]
Insects[edit]
Fish[edit]
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Reptiles[edit]
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Mammals[edit]
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Animals that have been known to injure/kill humans in self defense[edit]
Invertebrates[edit]
Fish[edit]
Reptiles[edit]
Birds[edit]
Mammals[edit]
Venomous Animals[edit]
Venomous non-biting animals[edit]
Invertebrates[edit]
- Box Jellyfish [7]
- Portuguese Man Of War
- Irukandji jellyfish
- Lion's mane jellyfish
- Scorpion
- Cone snail
Amphibians[edit]
Fish[edit]
Birds[edit]
Mammals[edit]
Venomous biting animals[edit]
Reptiles[edit]
- Brown Snake
- Cobra
- Copperhead
- Coral snake
- Cottonmouth
- Death Adder
- Mamba
- Rattlesnake
- Taipan
- Viper
- Gila Monster
Invertebrates[edit]
- Centipede
- Flea
- Black Widow Spider
- Brown Recluse
- Hobo Spider
- Caterpillar
- Jumping Spider
- Funnel-Web Spider
- Brazilian Spider
- Scorpion
- Wolf spider
- Blue-Ringed Octopus
Mammals[edit]
Parasites[edit]
Plants[edit]
Poisonous plants[edit]
Fungi[edit]
Poisonous fungi[edit]
Protozoa[edit]
Bacteria[edit]
- Escherichia Coli
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- Clostridium botulinum
- Clostridium tetani
- Bacillus anthracis
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Vibrio Cholerae
- Yersinia Pestis
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Acinetobacter baumannii
- Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
- Actinomyces israelii
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Bacillus subtilis
- Bordetella pertussis
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Borrelia recurrentis
- Brucella melitensis
- Brucella abortus
- Brucella suis
- Brucella canis[8]
Viruses[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ The Rock python has only one attack, on a child
- ^ See [[1]] for topics or [[2]] for daily articles on this subject. [citation needed]
- ^ A Chimpanzee named Frodo killed and ate a toddler. Other predatory attacks on children had been reported before. [citation needed]
- ^ There was a case of a Chow Chow killing and eating a man [citation needed]
- ^ "Is the fear of wolves justified? A Fennoscandian perspective" (PDF). Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- ^ See [[3]] for topics or [[4]] for daily articles on this subject. [citation needed]
- ^ Box jellyfish attacks especially involve Chironex fleckeri
- ^ http://130.54.99.137/alphabetlist-e.html
See also[edit]
- list of fatal, unprovoked shark attacks in the United States by decade
- list of fatal alligator attacks in the United States by decade
- list of fatal bear attacks in North America by decade
External links[edit]
Category:Human-animal interaction
Category:Biology lists
Category:Lists of animals
Category:Lists of plants